Canadian film makes latest cut on road to Academy Award nomination

Rebelle from Montreal-born director Kim Nguyen is continuing on the road to an Academy Award.

The film has made a list of nine titles that will vie for the Oscar for best foreign-language film.

Rebelle — War Witch in English — is about child soldiers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Seventy-one films had initially qualified in the foreign-language category.

The other eight films left in the race are Austria’s Amour; Chile’s No; Denmark’s A Royal Affair; France’s The Intouchables; Iceland’s The Deep; Norway’s Kon-Tiki; Romania’s Beyond the Hills and Switzerland’s Sister.

A short list of five nominees will be announced Jan. 10. The Oscars take place Feb. 24.